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  2. BBC savings and reform

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the BBC’s progress in delivering its savings and reform programme.

  3. Commercial strategy needs to be joined up to achieve best value

    Insight Opinion

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    Last December, the government published a Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement. It stressed that investments should be subject to consideration of the public good, including supporting national priorities. It discussed leveraging commercial activity to achieve social and environmental value. For our good practice guidance for managing the commercial lifecycle, we examined similar opportunities and […]

  5. Efficiency in government

    Insight Lessons learned

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    This report identifies key issues government will need to consider when attempting to increase its efficiency.

  6. Let’s get down to business

    Insight Opinion

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    At the National Audit Office, we come across many business cases when looking at government programmes. A strong business case is vital for effective decision making and for successfully delivering intended outcomes. The foundation of a business case is a clear understanding of what success will look like for a programme – the strategic case. […]

  10. Efficiency – who’s judging?

    Insight Opinion

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    Government departments are making plans for achieving substantial efficiency savings by 2024-25, but what might this mean in practice?

  14. Tackling the challenges facing public sector spending

    Insight Opinion

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    Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the NAO’s role has been to provide Parliament and the public with evidence-based reports on how public money has been used to tackle the crisis. So far we have published 12 reports on different elements of the pandemic response, including for example the test and trace programme; the procurement of […]

  15. Evaluating government spending

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines government’s progress in developing the provision and use of evaluation evidence across government.

  17. Government Shared Services

    Report Value for money

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    The Government has made progress delivering its latest strategy to share back-office services across Whitehall departments in the past year, but remaining barriers will need to be addressed for it to deliver its plans by 2028 and achieve value for money, according to the National Audit Office.

  18. School funding in England

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the Department for Education’s funding provision and distribution of funding for mainstream schools in England.

  20. The Equipment Plan 2022 to 2032

    Report Value for money

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    This study examines whether the Ministry of Defence’s Equipment Plan provides a reliable assessment of the affordability of the MoD’s equipment programmes over the next ten years.